====== Preparing and Launching the Survey ======

Once the questionnaire is completed, only a few more steps are necessary to launch the survey. Pretests may seem trivial, but they are important for a reliable collection of data and should be carried out diligently.

  * [[privacy|Privacy Settings]]
  * [[function-test|Technical Test]]
  * [[pretest|Pretesting the Questionnaire]] {{:tip.png?nolink|worth reading}}
  * [[clear-data|Deleting Pretest Data]] (optional)
  * [[publish|Specifying the Field Time]]
  * [[participants|Finding Participants]] {{:tip.png?nolink|worth reading}}
  * [[url|The Link to the Questionnaire]] {{:tip.png?nolink|worth reading}}
  * [[invitation|Optimising Emails]] {{:tip.png?nolink|worth reading}}
  * [[mailing|Sending Mailings]]
    * [[mailing-fields|Wildcards in Mailings]]
    * [[panel-download|Downloading Mailing List]]
    * [[:en:survey:opt-in-live|Multi-Wave Survey and Self-Recruitment]]
  * [[panels|Working with External Panel Providers]]

  * Good to Know
    * [[hot-change|Changing the Questionnaire During the Survey]]
    * [[unique-respondents|Prevent Multiple Submissions from Single Respondents]]

The chapter [[:de:results:start|Data and Documentation]] describes how to control the return rate and what to do after the administration period has ended.